Actor: My Entertainment Era

Chapter 147
But in other people's territory, and this kind of occasion, it should be blown or blown.

Zhang Yuanjun was the third guest to talk about his impressions. He stood up from the audience in the front row, took the microphone, and said:

"The director of Kaige never disappoints. I have seen the painstaking efforts of the director and the main creators in "The Promise" over the past three years, especially the art and setting.

Zhang Yuanjun seemed to be praising the movie, but all he said was nonsense, except for the art, he didn't exaggerate to a specific point.

Zhang Yuanjun has tried his best to make it perfect.

He can't dig out the bottom line of "The Promise" on the spot, saying that this movie is a tribute to Shakespeare's classic play "Macbeth", and it is not like it?

He began to feel that "The Promise" is like "Notre Dame de Paris", Qingcheng is Esmeralda, and Kunlun is Quasimodo.

But after thinking about it later, it was determined that the structure and character setting of "The Promise" "borrowed" from "Macbeth".

Manshin is a witch.

Akira Kurosawa also adapted "Macbeth" to the Japanese screen, called "Spider's Nest City", but Akira Kurosawa's handling is obviously much better than that of "The Promise".

However, these words cannot be said.

Zhang Yuanjun didn't listen carefully to the sharing of the main creators after the screening, he was too busy whispering to Xia Yu beside him.

"I have a play here, and I would like to invite Brother Yu to act as the second male lead. Do you have a schedule next year?" After chatting for a while, Zhang Yuanjun offered an olive branch.

But Xia Yu was in a dilemma: "When will your movie start? I don't think there will be time in the first half of next year. I have to go to Switzerland."

"What are you doing in Switzerland?"

"Ski races, in April."

"There is no rush in April. Our movie will not start in April, and it will be the second half of next year at the earliest."

"I'm free in the second half of the year." Xia Yu replied affirmatively, "What movie are you talking about?"

"A crime suspense movie, about gambling, please play me as a child."

"How old are you?"

"85 years, the year of the Ox."

Xia Yu said with a smile: "I am 76 years old, 9 years older than you, how can I play you as a child?"

"Brother Yu, you look tender." Zhang Yuanjun smiled.

"I've never acted in gambling movies." Xia Yu is interested in gambling movies.

"This is not a Hong Kong-style gambling movie. It's definitely more appropriate to call it a crime with a high IQ. This is not a place to chat. After the premiere, I'll treat you and Miss Quan to supper. How about we have a good chat?"

"Okay." Xia Yu is a person who is easy to make friends, so he agreed.

Zhang Yuanjun didn't listen to what happened after the premiere, and he and Xia Yu and his wife left early for supper.

Zhang Yuanjun wanted to take a few people to a restaurant, but Xia Yu said: "Whoever eats that at night, I will take you to a fly house and eat something that you can't eat in a big restaurant."

"Okay, you've been in the capital for a long time, I'll listen to you." Zhang Yuanjun agreed.

Zhang Yuanjun, his assistant, and Xia Yu Yuanquan and his wife sat down. Xia Yu said, "I've heard of you. You acted in Hollywood at the age of 20. You are amazing."

"Just kidding, if I lose money, I'll be screwed."

Yuan Quan said: "If others want to make such a fuss, they can't make a fuss."

"Exactly." Xia Yu said, "Tell me what your gambling movie is about."

"My movie is called "Animal World", and it's about a card game. It's not stud like Hong Kong movies, it's rock-paper-scissors."

"This is new," Xia Yu became interested, "Can rock-paper-scissors make a crime with a high IQ?"

Zhang Yuanjun went on to tell the story: "That is to say, a group of people were pulled onto a boat to play this rock-paper-scissors game..."

Zhang Yuanjun spent half an hour explaining the game rules of "Animal World" to Xia Yu and his wife.

"This is interesting!" A stubborn master like Xia Yu is very interested in this kind of game, "I haven't seen anything like this before.

"That Li Jun is not interesting, Zhang Jingkun is a fun character."

"This is a villain." Xia Yu didn't seem to have acted as a villain so far, and Zhang Yuanjun was worried that he would not accept it.

"What's wrong with the villain, I like the role of Zhang Jingkun."

"Brother Yu, if you like the role of Zhang Jingkun, then..." Zhang Yuanjun wanted to give this role to Xia Yu on the spot, but after another thought, "But Sister Hua..."

Xia Yu's agent is Wang Jinghua, he has violated the rules by bypassing the agent and directly discussing roles with artists.

Xia Yu smiled and said, "Let me tell you, Sister Hua, when will your script come out?"

"We are adapting a Japanese manga, and the script will come out in two months." Regardless of whether it will come out or not, let's knock people down first.

"No problem. When your script comes out, ask someone to come to me. I'll go and tell Sister Hua that she won't make things difficult for you."

It is still a rare thing to make a movie now. With such a rare script coming to him, Xia Yu definitely wants to try it.

Halfway through the meal, Yuan Quan said, "I've read your script of "Rising Fame". Your style is very novel. What do you think of this story?"

Script killing is still a novelty in China at present, and Chinese people have never seen the form of "Rising Fame".

"This is an ordinary suspenseful story. I just omitted the crime process and jumped directly to solving the case and deciphering it. Then package it and make the story longer, and there will be "Fame". This form is not new, and it is a very traditional way of reasoning."

Zhang Yuanjun is a loyal supporter of traditional intrinsic reasoning. He does not like the socialist school. If it is classified more radically, Zhang Yuanjun is more willing to classify the social school reasoning as realist literature rather than pure reasoning.

"The same goes for "Animal World". In fact, it is not a reasoning, but a suspenseful crime, and what it sells is this high-IQ decryption process. The audience will find it fresh."

Domestic commercial films have just started, even if they are making crime suspense films, many directors will make "Looking for Guns", films with such obvious styles as "Fame" and "Animal World" are indeed out of the field of vision of domestic producers for the time being.

After Zhang Yuanjun explained his original intention of creation, he asked Xia Yu and his wife in a naive manner: "What do you think of "The Promise"?"

Assistant Xiao Zhao cheered up, she liked this film very much, and wanted to hear the evaluation of it from professionals in private.

"Very good." Xia Yu said, very sincerely, it seems that he really thinks this movie is very good, "If you want scenes, there are scenes, if you want stars, there are stars, it has everything that a blockbuster movie should have."

"Hero" has influenced the trend of a series of domestic blockbusters, big stars + big scenes.

As for the story, it doesn't matter.

The stories of "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" are also crude, but they are still very popular.

Zhang Yuanjun tried to guide: "Don't you think there is something wrong with the story of "The Promise"?"

"It's okay. Although it's an old-fashioned love story, it's clear and not bad. Why, do you think there is a problem?" Xia Yu saw Zhang Yuanjun's expression was a little subtle.

"No, maybe it's a problem with my personal understanding. I always feel that the story of "The Promise" is very strange. The scenes are good, but the story is not good." Having said that, Zhang Yuanjun didn't say any more.

After eating and drinking, a few people made an appointment to talk about it in detail after the script of "Animal World" was released, and they broke up.

On the way back, his assistant Xiao Zhao asked him: "What's wrong with the story of "The Promise"?"

"Just wait and see, the audience will tell Chen Kaige where the bad tone of "The Promise" is."

Zhang Yuanjun believes in the audience.

(End of this chapter)